I am the self-proclaimed gore expert here at Hot Indie and well when we want to talk about horror I’m the go-to guy. I don’t mind this position because I loooooooove the genre. Heck – I even like the whole cinema verite stuff coming out. It gives movies all this flare and realism. I guess it’s the one thing we can thank the French for. Cloverfield utilized the technique to overwhelming success and even George Romero, king of zombies, used the technique (somewhat) in Diary of the Dead. Quarantine is pretty much the idea that you could take Cloverfield and instead of a big scary monster you barely see and get rid of it then toss in fake ombies. Instead of New York City on a broad sweeping scope you get your crap set in a fire house.
I know other reviewers have said Quarantine was “terrifying” and “stupendous”. I’ve seen the movie 4 times and not because it’s good. I saw it because I kept falling asleep! The story is assinine – another “disease” zombie movie like 28 Weeks Later and 28 Days Later. I should also note that the zombies here were more like the undead morlock-like creatures in I Am Legend. I digress though. I’m getting ahead of myself. The story is also quite superficial.
Angela Vidal is doing a fluff piece for her network about what it’s like to be a fireman. Her and her camera guy are assigned to follow the firefighters around like lost puppies. They are to gain insight in to them as people, their careers and what drives them. All is fine for the first few hours until the alarm sounds and the fireman hop to action to a disturbance at an apartment building. During the course of the evening and people milling about trying to figure out what’s going on they find a demented old hag that charges, bites then gets shot. In the mayhem the plastic drops over the building, the polive arrive and the CDC takes charge. They try to escape but one unlucky jerk get a hollow point thru the brain ending his existence – lucky him. No phones, no exit – no hope. A resident tells them (of course) of a way out…
Typical zombie mayhem ensues as the lights are cut and we are treated to nightshot camera mode. There is mediocre fear and tension with some decent acting lioek we saw in Cloverfield by nothing but unknowns. It’s worth a look for a true horror fan. All in all it is not a bad movie but the teaser poster as well as the trailer IS the ending. Poof. That’s it. That annoys me more than anything. So – good acting, interesting concept – standard horror fare.
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